2020 Disillusionment in Ukraine

It took President Zelenskyy one year to reveal his reactionary nature. However, there is enough evidence that foremost he might be blatantly incompetent. It is rumoured that during his meeting with the IDPs from eastern Ukraine, the latter had to explain him the dire consequences of the Russian aggression (ruined housing and infrastructure, dismantled plants etc.) that make projects of fast war ending and region re-integration unfeasible.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Honcharuk was wiretapped at his meeting with the National Bank. who did that?

Photo: the National Bank of Ukraine

On January 15, 2020, the recordings of Prime Minister Honcharuk meeting Deputy Head of the National Bank Rozhkova and some other high officials were leaked. PM calling himself "incompetent in economics" and saying that "President has primitive understanding of economy" made headlines. Who was interested in that?

2020 Budget Draft by PM Honcharuk's Government - Zelenskyy's Team Show Their True Worth

Electing Zelenskyy President, Ukrainians had big expectations. He explicitly implied that corruption of Poroshenko's government was ruining lives of ordinary people. One of his mostly circulated bigboard slogans proclaimed "end of the poverty epoch". What did Ukrainians get instead?

August 29, the first sitting of Ukrainian Parliament: what happened?

On August 29, 2019, the first sitting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation was held. As President Zelenskyy's "Servant of the People" party got the majority vote at the election on July 21, 2019, they became the stars of the day. But was it any good?

Presidency of Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Is His Party Under External Control?

We intentionally abstained from covering the results of the Presidential election right after the winner was announced. As Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s team was believed to be anti-establishment, we wanted to dig into the relations inside the team a bit deeper than the general knowledge.

Why Did Ukrainians vote for Zelenskyi?

On April 21, 2019, Ukraine elected its new President. However, are there many people actually supporting him?

Is President Poroshenko responsible for the Constitutional Court's decision to decriminalise illicit enrichment?

In Ukraine, the Constitutional Court is de jure independent. However, its Its judges made illegal decisions backed by Yanukovych. Instead of their prosecution, Poroshenko allegedly decided to hold them under his control.